A Catholic priest in Nicaragua is facing eight years in jail after he shared a social media post allegedly critical of Daniel Ortega’s hard-left regime.
A Nicaraguan court has found Fr Oscar Benavidez Dávila guilty of “conspiracy” against the state.
According to the Nicaraguan media outlet 100% Noticias, Judge Nancy Aguirre of the Tenth Criminal District Trial Court of Managua convicted the priest of “conspiracy to undermine national security and sovereignty” and “spreading fake news”.
The prosecution is now asking for a sentence of eight years in prison for the parish priest of Fr Benavidez of Holy Spirit Church in Mulukukú in the Diocese of Siuna.
